Study of phase separation in blends of semi-flexible and flexible coil polymers
A series of semi-flexible, wholly-aromatic, para-linked polyamides were synthesized at Polaroid Corporation for various optical applications. These polymers were unique in the fact that they exhibited...
View ArticleCocaine-sensitive monoamine transporters in rat placenta labeled with...
Some of the adverse effects of prenatal cocaine exposure have been associated with uteroplacental vasculature, and (3H) cocaine binding sites were previously reported in human placental villus tissue...
View ArticleIdentification of essential amino acids in the Cu(A) binding domain: Site...
The Cu$\rm\sb{A}$ center, located in subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase, is the primary site for electron entry from cytochrome c. The recent crystal structure confirms this site to be a binuclear...
View ArticleCoordinated Youth program for violent and disruptive students in the middle...
This study documents an effective counseling/teaching model, the Coordinated Youth program, that was implemented in one middle school in the Boston area, to provide intervention and prevention...
View ArticleFrom this day forward: Love, commitment, and marriage in lesbian and gay...
This dissertation addresses how the institution of the modern, nuclear family is accepted and contested in contemporary society. In particular, the dissertation focuses on the recent movement within...
View ArticleSwitched delay lines using multiple-length delay lines in optical network
The lack of optical memories to resolve resource contention in packet switched all-optical networks is addressed in this dissertation through a novel contention resolution architecture. The resulting...
View ArticleHaving a people: Beyond individualism and essentialism in resistance to...
This dissertation draws on the Aristotelian and contemporary communitarian belief that humans are socially constituted, and analyzes the manifestations of this belief in contemporary identity politics...
View ArticleThe interaction of musical sound waves and meridian energy: A pilot study in...
The treatment effects of musical pitch and key are noticeably absent in music therapy research. The nature and patterns of the interaction between meridian energy and musical sound waves has received...
View ArticlePerceived needs of entering students at the University of Puerto Rico: An...
Research has indicated that the first year of college is more stressful for the college student than the three remaining years. A descriptive, exploratory study was conducted which assessed the...
View ArticleVegetarianism versus environmentalism
Vegetarianism is defined here as the view that the needless killing or eating of animals is wrong. A number of environmental ethicists oppose animal liberation in general and vegetarianism in...
View ArticleStochastic modelling of magnetic resonance images with applications to tissue...
This dissertation presents a new approach to stochastic modeling of magnetic resonance images. A rigorous and comprehensive model of MR image formation is derived based on the physics of magnetic...
View ArticleIslands of women and Amazons: Representations and realities
Historically, myths have existed about the separate existences of women. These include the Sirens that sang on the Aegean rocks; the Amazons in the jungles of Brazil; the islands of self-reproducing...
View ArticleAutonomous system for cylindrical plunge grinding
An autonomous system has been developed for cylindrical plunge grinding to optimize the operating parameters while taking complete sets of part quality and machine related constraints into account....
View ArticleGlobal rational approximation for computer systems and communication networks
In the analysis and design of computer systems and communication networks, difficulties often arise due to the so-called "Curse of Dimensionality"--prohibitive computational requirements for large...
View ArticleThe structure and dynamics of ideological pluralism in American religion
Using the most comprehensive data available from the General Social Surveys, this dissertation examines four important hypotheses regarding the structure and dynamics of ideological pluralism in...
View ArticleEquivalence checking of arithmetic expressions with applications in DSP...
Numerous formal verification systems have been proposed and developed for FSM based control units (notably SMV (71) as well as others). However, most research on the equivalence checking of datapaths...
View ArticleAN ASSESSMENT OF FOUR HEW-USOE SUMMER RESEARCH/EVALUATION TRAINING INSTITUTES...
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View ArticleRACISM, BLACK LABOR AND THE GIANT CORPORATION
This study examines the changing character of racial discrimination against black workers within the context of capitalism. The central hypothesis is that racial discrimination against black workers...
View ArticleEVALUATION OF NUMERICAL MODELING OF BURIED CONDUITS
A critical evaluation of numerical modeling of buried conduit installations was undertaken in this study to establish suitable criteria for application of such modeling to the design and analysis of...
View ArticleEuthanasia and counterfactual consent
Counterfactuals about what a patient would consent to, if he were able to consent, are often cited as justifications, or partial justifications, for acts of euthanasia. In virtue of this fact, they...
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